42 investors have funded 13 Data Security companies head-officed in Austin, across 59 rounds (May 2003 – Jun 2024). They are ranked by how many Austin companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Austin" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Ventures | Austin, United States | Series ASeries DSeries B | 2 | 4 | — | Dec 2010 | 153 |
| 2 | Capital Factory | Austin, United States | SeedSeries A | 2 | 2 | — | Mar 2018 | 201 |
| 3 | S3 Ventures | Austin, United States | Series ASeed | 2 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2022 | 74 |
| 4 | Redpoint Ventures | Woodside, United States | Series DSeries BSeries A | 1 | 4 | — | Dec 2015 | 421 |
| 5 | Norwest Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series DSeries BSeries A | 1 | 3 | — | Sep 2006 | 446 |
| 6 | Sutter Hill Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Series DSeries B | 1 | 3 | — | Dec 2015 | 138 |
| 7 | Chicago Ventures | Chicago, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | — | Sep 2015 | 90 |
| 8 | Ten Eleven Ventures | Boston, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sep 2023 | 62 |
| 9 | HOF Capital | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2018 | 81 |
| 10 | KGC Capital | Chicago, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | — | Sep 2015 | 25 |
| 11 | Select Venture Partners | Fredericksburg, United States | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2018 | 8 |
| 12 | Khosla Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2018 | 680 |
| 13 | Cisco Investments | San Jose, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2021 | 265 |
| 14 | M12 | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2023 | 230 |
| 15 | Meritech | Palo Alto, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2015 | 184 |
| 16 | Eniac Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2018 | 165 |
| 17 | Two Sigma Ventures | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2018 | 106 |
| 18 | Foresight Group | London | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2024 | 140 |
| 19 | Live Oak Ventures | Austin, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2023 | 54 |
| 20 | Capital One Ventures | Mclean, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2023 | 66 |
| 21 | NextGen Venture Partners | Baltimore, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2018 | 56 |
| 22 | Thayer Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2018 | 47 |
| 23 | Moonshots Capital | Los Angeles, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2018 | 50 |
| 24 | Kinetic Ventures | Atlanta, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2018 | 41 |
| 25 | Hitachi Ventures | Munich, Germany | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2024 | 44 |
| 26 | Pinnacle Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2006 | 42 |
| 27 | Camber Creek | Washington, DC, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2016 | 34 |
| 28 | IBM | Armonk, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2023 | 49 |
| 29 | Moore Strategic Ventures | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2023 | 42 |
| 30 | Fenway Summer Ventures | Bethesda, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2015 | 35 |
| 31 | Zoom | San Jose, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2021 | 33 |
| 32 | Booz Allen Hamilton | Mclean, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2023 | 24 |
| 33 | Secure Octane Investments | Lewes, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2022 | 23 |
| 34 | Tensility Venture Partner | Chicago, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 15 |
| 35 | Ventures | Waltham, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2013 | 14 |
| 36 | MetaProp NYC | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2015 | 19 | |
| 37 | Firestreak Ventures | Aspen, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2024 | 20 |
| 38 | Grit Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2024 | 14 |
| 39 | Runtime Ventures | Arlington, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2023 | 8 |
| 40 | UT Horizon Fund | Austin, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2012 | 6 |
| 41 | Gold Crest Capital | Singapore, Singapore | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2018 | 5 |
| 42 | FCM Travel Solutions | Mumbai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2020 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Data Security companies head-officed in Austin that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HiddenLayer hiddenlayer.com |
7 | 8 | $312M | Series A Sep 2023 |
| M io m.io |
7 | 7 | $46.2M | Series A Dec 2021 |
| Optii Solutions optiisolutions.com |
7 | 9 | $28.1M | Series A Jun 2018 |
| Lifesize lifesize.com |
6 | 15 | $311.5M | Series D Dec 2015 |
| XOR Data Exchange xor.exchange |
3 | 5 | $22.5M | Series A Sep 2015 |
| Trustwise trustwise.ai |
3 | 3 | $12M | Seed Jun 2024 |
| Shep sheptravel.com |
3 | 3 | $2.8M | Seed Jan 2020 |
| Videate videate.io |
2 | 2 | $5.6M | Seed Jan 2022 |
| Keep Aware keepaware.com |
2 | 2 | $4.8M | Seed Jun 2023 |
| Latakoo latakoo.com |
2 | 2 | $2.6M | Seed Jan 2013 |
| Callvine callvine.com |
1 | 1 | $4M | Series A Feb 2010 |
| Gazzang gazzang.com |
1 | 1 | $3.5M | Series A Dec 2010 |
| Lepide lepide.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2024 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2024 | Firestreak Ventures | Trustwise | Seed | $4M |
| Jun 2024 | Grit Ventures | Trustwise | Seed | $4M |
| Jun 2024 | Hitachi VenturesLED | Trustwise | Seed | $4M |
| Jun 2024 | Foresight GroupLED | Lepide | Seed | — |
| Sep 2023 | IBM | HiddenLayer | Series A | $50M |
| Sep 2023 | Booz Allen Hamilton | HiddenLayer | Series A | $50M |
| Sep 2023 | Ten Eleven Ventures | HiddenLayer | Series A | $50M |
| Sep 2023 | Capital One Ventures | HiddenLayer | Series A | $50M |
| Sep 2023 | M12LED | HiddenLayer | Series A | $50M |
| Sep 2023 | Moore Strategic VenturesLED | HiddenLayer | Series A | $50M |
| Jun 2023 | Live Oak VenturesLED | Keep Aware | Seed | $2.4M |
| Jun 2023 | Runtime Ventures | Keep Aware | Seed | $2.4M |
| Jul 2022 | Ten Eleven VenturesLED | HiddenLayer | Seed | $6M |
| Jul 2022 | Secure Octane Investments | HiddenLayer | Seed | $6M |
| Jan 2022 | S3 VenturesLED | Videate | Seed | $2.8M |
| Jan 2022 | Tensility Venture Partner | Videate | Seed | $2.8M |
| Dec 2021 | Cisco InvestmentsLED | M io | Series A | $8.7M |
| Dec 2021 | ZoomLED | M io | Series A | $8.7M |
| Jan 2020 | FCM Travel SolutionsLED | Shep | Seed | — |
| Jun 2018 | Kinetic VenturesLED | Optii Solutions | Series A | $4M |
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